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The Man Who Knew Infinity

A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

By:
Robert Kanigel

Narrated by:
Humphrey Bower

Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
242

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
181

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars
180

In 1913, a young, unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging that preeminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Hardy, realizing the letter was the work of a genius, arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England. Thus began one of the most remarkable collaborations ever chronicled.

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Eyes on the Street

The Life of Jane Jacobs

By:
Robert Kanigel

Narrated by:
Kimberly Farr

Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
12

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
10

Story

4 out of 5 stars
10

Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates - all of which she won. Here is the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the journalist who honed her writing skills at
Iron Age,
Architectural Forum,
Fortune, and other outlets.

A friendly literary companion, Kanigel shares the books he loves best. Vintage Reading is like those samples that seduce you into tasting because Kanigel’s enthusiastic eclecticism makes it clear that a good listener is really someone ready to venture between the covers, and Kanigel’s mini-forays between those covers seem cozy not intimidating. The antidote to Cliff’s Notes, Vintage Reading’s unpretentious appetite for literature will inspire listeners young and old to new adventures and, most importantly, a confidence in themselves.